Posted on 02/13/2018 7:51:39 AM PST by Navy Patriot
Fortunately for Islam, Politically-Observant Muslim infiltrators are all that are necessary.
LOL-- guess the Kurds are putting up a stiffer resistance than he anticipated.
The two body counts are not in contradiction if the figure of 2 is limited to Russian advisers and the figure of 100 includes Syrian/Iranian fighters.
Erdogan has never been one for understatement.
The Bloomberg report says 200 Russians KIA, based on leaks from US and Russian sources. Wouldn’t surprise me if Russian mercs were vanguard units. Iranian, Syrian, Lebanese and Afghans fighting in the regime’s behalf seem to be played-out, morale-wise, despite firepower superiority and air dominance. My impression of Muslim units is that they seem more comfortable in hit-and-run guerrilla-type engagements than in knock-down drag-out fights.
Not Mercs. This sounds like regular Russian GRU or FSB units. They were the first into Ukraine. There are some great before and after photos of one company of them getting blown to bits in the early stages of the Donetsk Airport Battle.
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